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Practice Concentration and Experience: David Parker practices in the business transaction area, overseeing all
legal aspects of private debt and equity financings and the purchase and
sale of businesses. He represents buyers and sellers in the purchase or sale
of business operations and entities. He has experience in originating,
syndicating, closing, servicing, and working-out a broad range of complex
private financings of operating businesses. Mr. Parker's lending practice
includes many forms of senior and junior debt, representing both capital
providers and borrowers. His equity finance practice includes
venture capital and similar early-stage transactions, and many forms of
later stage equity capital formation. He also provides advice on general
corporate matters. From 1995 until 2006, Mr. Parker was a partner with Dickstein Shapiro LLP in
Washington, DC, with a corporate transaction practice. From 1979 to 1995,
Mr. Parker served as the principal in-house attorney for Allied Capital, a
publicly traded Business Development Company headquartered in Washington,
DC; he was its general counsel from 1985 until 1995. At Allied Capital, he
handled his clients' transaction work, including closings, servicing, and
workouts of equity investments, mezzanine and senior loans, and managed both
in-house and outside counsel engaged in corporate governance and regulatory
matters. Recent Matters Handled Include: Financing Purchase and restructure of $64 Million of senior secured and subordinated
debt and preferred stock financings for sponsored commercial aviation heavy
maintenance and repair company headquartered in Miami. Representing
in-coming lead lender. $54.5 Million syndicated senior and term B secured loan facility, and
related preferred stock purchase, to finance sponsored buyout of
privately-held printed circuit manufacturer in Colorado. Representing
lender/equity investor. $46 Million senior secured debt financing for unsponsored international
long-distance and VOIP provider with headquarters in the D.C. Metro area and
operations in 7 foreign countries, in connection with confirmation of its
Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization. Representing lead lender. $37 Million senior and subordinated secured debt and preferred equity
financing for unsponsored acquisition of 5 domestic Muzak franchises and
control of Muzak Western Europe area franchisor. Representing lead
lender/investor. $25 Million senior secured loan to finance acquisition of Los Angeles area
AM radio station. Representing sole lender. $10 Million subordinated unsecured debt financing for sponsored importer and
distributor of kitchenware headquartered near Seattle, in connection with
refinancing of senior loan facility. Representing lead subordinated lender. $9 Million first mortgage and participation feature financing for
acquisition of retail real estate in Jacksonville, FL. Representing lender
REIT. Acquisitions & Sales $250 Million sale of unsponsored food packaging materials manufacturer in
North Carolina to publicly-held strategic buyer. Representing lead investor in the target company. $35 Million acquisition of 125 rural cable and satellite television systems
and franchises in 6 Midwestern states from Chapter 11 Debtor in Possession.
Representing buyer and buyer's capital provider. Merger of limited liability companies, partnerships and corporations owning
and managing 137 broadcasting tower facilities in 4 states. Representing
surviving entity and its REIT majority owner. Education: University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia (J.D. 1974;
Phi Delta Phi)
University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee (B.A. in Political Science; cum
laude, Phi Beta Kappa, National Scholar) Professional Affiliations: American Bar Association Federal Bar Association Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association Admitted to Practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia
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